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Bearwood road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 183 road traffic collisions in Bearwood, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, from 1979 to 2025, and 241 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 5 were fatal and 31 were serious.

No collisions were recorded in 2025, after 2 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
183
2,045th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
241
1.32 per collision
Fatal collisions
5
6 people killed
Serious collisions
31
36 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
0
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
0
2 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Bearwood

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal52.7%
  • Serious3117%
  • Slight14780%

What the data shows

  • Bearwood had 21 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 28% fewer than the 29 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 20% of collisions in Bearwood were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 30 children under 16 were killed or injured in Bearwood, 12% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 22% of collisions in Bearwood.

Where Bearwood ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,045th
Most casualties
2,047th
Most fatal collisions
1,368th
Most serious collisions
2,285th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday29 (16%)
  • Tuesday25 (14%)
  • Wednesday24 (13%)
  • Thursday24 (13%)
  • Friday33 (18%)
  • Saturday26 (14%)
  • Sunday22 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight127 (69%)
  • Dark, street lights lit49 (27%)
  • Dark, no street lighting3 (1.6%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (1.1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (1.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway180 (98%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (1.1%)
  • Roundabout1 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph115 (63%)
  • 40 mph65 (36%)
  • 60 mph3 (1.6%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds156 (85%)
  • Raining, no high winds22 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds1 (0.5%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.5%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.5%)
  • Other2 (1.1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant142 (59%)
  • Motorcyclist49 (20%)
  • Cyclist25 (10%)
  • Pedestrian19 (7.9%)
  • Bus or coach occupant3 (1.2%)
  • Van occupant2 (0.8%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Bearwood road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Bearwood, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Bearwood peaked at 11 in 1997; none were recorded in 2025.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202422
202333
202255
202123
202022
201900
201811
201734
201635
201500
201447
201311
201244
201145
201023
200911
200834
200767
2006411
200511
200489
200322
200257
200138
200078
199977
199800
19971115
199644
199546
199434
199335
1992710
199188
199068
198944
19881012
198755
198636
19851116
198458
1983811
198211
198134
198011
197933

Map of recent crashes in Bearwood

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Bearwood

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Bearwood

The 24 most recent collisions in Bearwood happened between 18 May 2014 and 29 October 2024.

Severity

Crashes by road in Bearwood

Of the 183 collisions in Bearwood, 89 were on the A341.

Collisions in Bearwood on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA34189124519

Council area for Bearwood

Bearwood is in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, where police recorded 55,875 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Bearwood accounts for 0.3% of them.

Postcode district for Bearwood

Of the 183 collisions in Bearwood, 181 (99%) were in the BH11 postcode district.